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Gfycat is shutting down September 1st (gfycat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Gfycat service is being discontinued. Please save or delete your Gfycat content by visiting https://www.gfycat.com and logging in to your account. After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted from gfycat.com

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean, how can you monetize free image hosting?

Not in a greedy capitalist way, but simply paying for servers, developers and coffee. There's hardly any revenue stream in image hosting. So a pivot to a more social media like site makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Not sure if folks have realized we're at the end game of free internet money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure if folks have realized we're at the end game of free internet money.